§ 54.1-2987 Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or health care decision
An attending physician who refuses to comply with (i) a patient’s advance directive or (ii) the health care decision of a patient’s agent or (iii) the health care decision of an authorized person pursuant to § 54.1-2986 shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician and shall comply with § 54.1-2990. This section shall apply even if the attending physician determines the health care requested to be medically or ethically inappropriate.
History
This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 532 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1983 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapters 748 and 772; in 2000, chapters 590 and 598; in 2009, chapters 211 and 268.
1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:7; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 748, 772; 2000, cc. 590, 598; 2009, cc. 211, 268.